A political uproar erupted on Friday over certain comments by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on 2002 riots, with many parties like Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), CPI and JD(U) saying Modi had compared muslims to a ‘puppy’ and should apologise for the “humiliating” remarks.

Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and adjoining areas for the second day on Friday, impacting movement of suburban trains and vehicular traffic and throwing normal life out of gear.

Emphasising that development of green buildings was the only answer to the trend of rising power consumption, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday asked Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to bring out manuals suggesting ways to make houses environment friendly.

German luxury carmaker Audi on Friday launched its sedan S6 in India, priced at Rs 85.99 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi).

Both the precious metals, gold and silver, fell in the national capital on Friday on sluggish demand at prevailing higher levels and a weak global trend.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has said that he had done “absolutely right thing” in 2002 when the state was hit by riots and that a special investigating team (SIT) set up by the Supreme Court had given him a “thoroughly clean chit”.

Pakistani troops on Friday fired on Indian forward posts along the International Border (IB) in this district of Jammu and Kashmir, a Border Security Force (BSF) officer said.

Nine children were among 10 persons killed when the country boat they were on capsized here in a flooded tributary of Kosi river, official sources said on Friday.

The Congress will not declare Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, senior party leader Digvijay Singh hinted on Friday while dismissing suggestions that BJP’s projection of Narendra Modi is a challenge to it.

India’s back-to-back title triumphs has helped the world champion team retain its top position in the ICC ODI rankings following the annual update of the list announced on Friday.